Re: fsck root fs: fsck, devfs, /proc/mounts miscooperate.

From: Andreas Dilger (adilger@turbolabs.com)
Date: Wed Aug 29 2001 - 03:13:04 EST


On Aug 29, 2001 09:54 +0300, VDA wrote:
> # fsck /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1
> Parallelizing fsck version 1.15 (18-Jul-1999)
> e2fsck 1.15, 18-Jul-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 is mounted.
>
> WARNING!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause
> SEVERE filesystem damage...

Get a new version of e2fsprogs (at http://sf.net/projects/e2fsprogs).
The detection of mounted root filesystems has changed in recent releases,
so it _should_ be fixed - let us know if it is not.

Cheers, Andreas

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                 \  would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
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